Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (3): 459-470.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2021.03.001

• SPECIAL FOCUS: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTIVE OF MINOR CEREALS, SWEETPOTATO AND FOOD LEGUMS PRODUCTION AND SEED INDUSTRY IN CHINA • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Current Status and Future Prospective of Foxtail Millet Production and Seed Industry in China

LI ShunGuo1,2(),LIU Fei2,LIU Meng2,CHENG RuHong2,XIA EnJun1(),DIAO XianMin3()   

  1. 1School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081
    2Institute of Millet Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Key Laboratory of Minor Cereal Crops of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050035
    3Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081
  • Received:2020-03-23 Accepted:2020-05-12 Online:2021-02-01 Published:2021-02-01
  • Contact: EnJun XIA,XianMin DIAO E-mail:lishunguo76@163.com;enjunxia@bit.edu.cn;diaoxianmin@caas.cn

Abstract:

Originated from China, foxtail millet is the main crop in the development of dry land farming agriculture. Since the initiation of China Agricultural Research System (CARS) in 2008, a batch of breeding foxtail millet materials with herbicide resistance, improved commercial and cooking quality had been developed. The construction of Setaria reference genome, haplotype map and high-throughput transformation technology system in China greatly promote the original innovation ability of foxtail millet, a batch of new cultivars with semi-dwarf plant height and herbicide resistance have been developed which made it that mechanization of foxtail millet production became a reality. Combined with the development of cultivation technology of those new cultivars, the comprehensive foxtail millet production capacity of a single household has been increased by more than 20 times,the grain yield per unit has been increased by 90.8%, and the total yield has been increased by 85.7%. Foxtail millet is a fully market-oriented crop. In the past decade, the overall price has been on the rise, the industrial scale has been expanding, and the number of national geographical indication products has grown to 49, which forming a number of regional public brands and industrial advantage areas. With the development of foxtail millet production, the protection and transferring of variety rights are gradually increasing, and a number of foxtail millet seed industries are initiated. Under the background of rural development and healthy food strategy in China, foxtail millet brings new opportunities to the millet industry and seed industry; meanwhile, Foxtail millet production and seed industry in China are also facing many challenges, such as high seed propagation coefficient, lack of effective protection of variety right, need to be strengthened in scientific research and platform construction etc. In the future, the development of China's characteristic foxtail millet industry will boost rural revitalization and seed industry development. The ecological demand of seasonal fallow zone and groundwater recovery zone will promote the recovery growth of foxtail millet production area. The integration of seed industry, scientific research and industry is accelerating. The development direction of China's foxtail millet seed industry is to overcome major basic scientific problems, construct modern biological breeding technology system, cultivate breakthrough new varieties, and realize the integrated development of scientific research, seed industry and the foxtail millet industry. The development of millet seed industry in China must adhere to original innovation, industrial demand, service to main production areas, differential development and market dominant position. In the future, the China's foxtail millet industry and seed industry need to conquer the focus of the task: breakthrough new germplasm innovation, construction of high-efficiency breeding technology platform, cultivation of breakthrough new variety hybrids, construction of seed production technology specifications and improved seed breeding technology system, improvement of seed industry management and service capacity, layout optimization of seed production base, build the seed superior enterprises.

Key words: foxtail millet, production, seed industry, development status, future prospective

Fig. 1

The trend changes of foxtail millet area, total yield and yield per unit area from 1978-2018"

Table 1

The promotion of foxtail millet varieties in 2018 (million hm2)"

品种面积范围
Variety area range
品种数
Variety number
品种占比
Variety proportion (%)
推广面积
Extension area
面积占比
Area ratio (%)
1.3万hm2以上 Over 1.3×104 hm2 11 8.11 35.9 45.12
0.6万—1.3万hm2 0.6×104-1.3×104 hm2 23 15.54 21.6 27.07
0.3万—0.6万hm2 0.3×104-0.6×104 hm2 22 19.59 10.2 12.84
0.07万—0.3万hm2 0.07×104-0.3×104 hm2 67 56.76 13.1 13.13

Fig. 2

The trend change of foxtail millet planting benefit from 2010-2019"

Fig. 3

The price trends of Mazhuang foxtail millet distribution center, Gaocheng District, Hebei Province"

Table 2

The registration of foxtail millet varieties since 2016"

单位 Company 2017 2018 2019 合计 Total
科研单位
Scientific research institution
14 125 45 184
公司 Company 20 101 67 188
合计 Total 34 226 112 372
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